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Determinants of attenuation in the envelope protein of the flavivirus Alfuy

Murray Valley encephalitis virus (MVEV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus endemic to Australia and Papua New Guinea.

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Early diet quality in a longitudinal study of Australian children: associations with nutrition and body mass index later in childhood and adolescence

The aims of this study were to determine whether early childhood dietary quality was associated with (a) infant and adolescent nutrition and (b) body mass...

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Consumer stories about labelling

A consumer panel on medication safety and chronic illness in seniors (aged 65+ years)

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Lower cardiorespiratory fitness in children with Type 1 diabetes

The present study aimed to compare cardiorespiratory fitness levels in children with and without Type 1 diabetes.

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Brain and Behaviour

The Brain and Behaviour research theme consists of five programs: Child Health Analytics, Development and Disability, Healthy Behaviours and Environments, Mental Health and Youth, Population Health.

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Building a secure attachment with your child

Secure attachments help children build resilience, self-worth, emotion regulation skills and healthy relationships.

Bone mineral content and density in Rett syndrome

We wanted to assess bone mineral content and bone mass density in girls and women in our Australian study, and whether specific factors had any influence.

Sleep problems in Rett syndrome

Using information from the Australian Rett Syndrome study, we examined the frequency of a range of sleep issues and variation by agegroup or gene abnormalities.

Atypical Presentations

We investigated the factors that may affect the age at diagnosis for girls and woman with Rett syndrome.

Large deletions of the MECP2 gene

We used multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification to examine the MECP2 gene sequences in 149 girls and 1 boy.